ArticleBone reports2021
Measuring forearm bone density instead of lumbar spine bone density improves the sensitivity of diagnosing osteoporosis in older adults with cardiovascular diseases: Data from SARCOS study.
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Prevalence of Osteoporosis Among Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients in Assiut University Hospitals
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.
- Global and regional prevalence of osteopenia in chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical and experimental medicine · 2025Pooled it
- The correlation between bone mineral density measured at the forearm and at the lumbar spine or femoral neck: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Pooled it
- Opportunistic hand radiographs to screen for low forearm bone mineral density: a prospective and retrospective cohort study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Article
- Forearm T-score as a predictor of cage subsidence in patients with degenerative lumbar spine disease following posterior single-segment lumbar interbody fusion.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2022Article
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Abstract
introductionIn older individuals with cardiovascular diseases, it has been challenging to diagnose osteoporosis due to aortic calcification and degenerative processes in the spine of older adults, especially in very old adults.
aimTo assess whether the distal forearm BMD with the proximal femur BMD has greater sensitivity for the diagnosis of osteoporosis than the lumbar spine BMD with the proximal femur BMD.
methodsWe evaluated 515 older adults with cardiovascular disease from the SARCOS study and stratified them into under and over 80-year-old age groups and according to gender. Two diagnostic criteria were used to assess osteoporosis, SPF (lumbar spine and proximal femur BMD) and DFF (distal forearm and proximal femur BMD), which were compared with the multiple bone sites (MS) criteria (lumbar spine, distal radius, femoral neck, and total femur BMD).
results43.9% were aged ≥80 years. Osteoporosis by SPF was diagnosed in 34% (
conclusionIn the elderly population with cardiovascular disease evaluated in our study, the use of distal forearm BMD instead of lumbar spine BMD, associated with proximal femur BMD, showed higher sensitivity for the diagnosis of osteoporosis, regardless of gender, and especially among the very older adults.
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